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Saturday, September 17
Board Novikov Priboy at Moscow North
River Terminal
Dinner aboard ship Sunday, September 18
Moscow City Tour, with ride on Metro
Lunch aboard ship
Tour Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Gum
Dinner at Marriott Aurora Hotel
New Moscow Circus Monday, September 19
Tour Kremlin, Annunciation Cathedral
Lunch at National Hotel
Tour Armory in Kremlin
Lacquer Miniatures lecture aboard ship
Dinner aboard ship
The Last Czar movie aboard ship Tuesday, September 20
Tour Tretyakov Art Gallery
Lunch at Kempinski Hotel
Free time on Arbat Street
Captain Sasha’s Reception aboard ship
Dinner aboard ship
Russian Folklore Concert aboard ship
Leave Moscow & sail through 7 locks on
Moscow Canal to Volga River/Uglich
Reservoir Wednesday, September 21
The Romanovs lecture by Prof. Irina
Nikolashina aboard ship
Lunch aboard ship
Russian language lesson aboard ship
Arrive Uglich
Walking tour of Uglich, Transfiguration
Cathedral, Church of Prince Dimitry
on the Spilled Blood
Dinner aboard ship
Musical entertainment aboard ship
Leave Uglich, continuing on the Volga
River/Uglich Reservoir, through 1 lock |
Thursday, September 22
Arrive Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl City Tour, with concert by
Yaroslavl City Choir
Leave Yaroslavl and sail up Volga River,
back through 1 lock
Lunch aboard ship
From Lenin to Putin, Part I lecture by
Prof. Nikolashina aboard ship
Russian language lesson aboard ship
Dinner aboard ship
Russian Romance Concert aboard ship Friday, September 23
All day sailing through Rybinsk
Reservoir into Sheksna River through 1
lock, and then into White Lake
From Lenin to Putin, Part II lecture
by Prof. Nikolashina aboard ship
Russian Blini Lunch aboard ship
Russian language lesson aboard ship
Russian cooking lesson aboard ship
Dinner aboard ship
Intrav The Liar’s Club entertainment
aboard ship Saturday, September 24
Sail down Volga-Baltic Canal through
6 locks into Lake Onega
Byzantine Art, Architecture &
Iconography lecture by Prof.
Nikolashina aboard ship
Tour ship’s Wheelhouse
Lunch aboard ship
Russian Costumes & Amber lecture
aboard ship
Russian language lesson aboard ship
Arrive Kizhi Island
Walking tour of Kizhi Island
Dinner aboard ship
Russian Classical Concert aboard ship
Leave Kizhi Island, sail south on Lake
Onega into Svir River, through 1 lock |
Sunday, September 25
Arrive Mandrogi
Russian Shashlik picnic in Mandrogi
Leave Mandrogi, passing through last lock
on Svir River, and enter Neva River
Catherine the Great movie aboard ship
Captain’s Fairwell Reception aboard ship
Dinner aboard ship
Crew’s Surprise Show aboard ship Monday, September 26
Arrive St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg City Tour, with visits to Peter
Paul’s Fortress, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and
Cathedral on the Spilled Blood
Lunch aboard ship
Tour of Catherine’s Palace
Dinner at Dacha Terem Restaurant in
Pushkin, with Russian entertainment Tuesday, September 27
Tour of Hermitage Museum
Lunch aboard ship
Free time in St. Petersburg
Ballet Performance at Hermitage Theatre
Dinner at Astoria Hotel
Wednesday, September 28
Tour of Petrovorets Grand Palace
Return to ship via hydrofoil
Lunch aboard ship
Free time in St. Petersburg
Class of ’57 Farewell Cocktail Party
Dinner aboard ship Thursday, September 28
Depart St. Petersburg
Total sailing distance = 1,150 miles
through 18 locks (one twice);
drop 591 feet total in 16 locks;
rise 89 feet total in 2 locks |
